Post 1: Angular inside Dynamics 365 Business Central

We’re going to make an example extension that adds a basic newsletter system inside of NAV using an Angular component (an open-source HTML editor) inside a JavaScript Control Addin deployed via an extension.

A teaser of the beautiful combination of Angular inside the NAV Client via Extensions that we’ll be building together:

Some disclaimers:

This isn’t a fully functional solution, of course, just a platform to demonstrate the tech.

This isn’t a complete tutorial in Angular. That’s a whole different development stack from AL and NAV for which there are many tutorials, training resources, and qualified professions you should probably consult with.

I am way behind on AL, so this is partly a step towards me learning it. I’m less than a month into using it, so I’m sure my code will improve greatly over 2019. As such, I’ll also vacillate between saying NAV and BC, I admit.

Angular 7 is brand new, so I’m working in Angular 6. For our limited use, this should be a minor consideration.

I’m not a professional web developer, so my CSS is assuredly inefficient

You’re going to need Business Central setup, the web client functional, a development database, Visual Studio Code, all those fun basics from the Business Central side. For my development, this was using an On-Premise local sandbox Cronus database.